Cultural Death
Being in another culture causes my mind to make comparisons and judgments about what’s right and what’s wrong. While there may be something innocently…
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Lessons in Humility
As I have shared in previous posts, Jacob and I have been reading a book called Humility: True Greatness by CJ Mahaney. I can’t…
First Week Highs and Lows
Our first week here was full of unpacking, grocery store shopping, looking for a doctor, having a slight meltdown and reconnecting with the other…
I Used To Think I Was Without Sin
As we’ve been moving and packing and traveling, it isn’t easy to find quiet time to myself to be with the Lord. It takes…
The Spiritual Gift of Packing
One thing that no one ever told me about our transient life was that you needed to be gifted in organization to survive. In…
Saying Goodbye
The older our kids get the more they understand that moving on to the next thing means leaving something or someone behind. One of…
Packing Time
August… For many people in America, August means trying to make the most of the last days of summer vacation, and gearing up for…
Boogers, Spitting and Picking Scabs
buy Prozac online YUCK! As a girl, growing up with one sister and my cousins all being girls, I didn’t experience the art of…
Open My Hands
I still remember our first visit to Sudan. It was hot. Really hot. There were flies. A lot of flies. We had diarrhea. I…
Happy Father’s Day!
I am going to try and sneak in a post here for Jacob on Father’s Day. The kids and I were at the park…